"Creativity is a way of living life - no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. The creator is not afraid to leap over the 'accidental fences' and to plunge into the deep waters of creation. There, once again, and in yet another way, we lose ourselves to find ourselves…"
Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water
Sometimes we take the plunge and try something new. Recently, when an acrylic painting just didn't have the life in it I wanted, and following an encaustic workshop, [note several posts back], I wondered if I could get some of the interesting effects of encaustic by using palette knives with acrylic. Well, you can, to a degree. Along with a narrow palette knife, I purchased a stainless steel cookie lifter which provides a 2 inch spread - it was a bit thicker than the palette knives so not as 'bendable' - but it has its uses. And then I got busy.
All three of these paintings are done primarily with palette knives and very limited brushwork. They are distinctly different in colours and range from quite a smooth to a fairly thick use of paint. Actually, I like them and am thrilled to have leaped over an "accidental fence" and found a few new tools to paint with and styles to incorporate into my painting.
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| Winter Scene 10x8" - quite a bit of build up on the snow. |
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| Winter Scene.2 10x8" In this one I used a lot of paint with a variety of swirling motions in the background, and scraping and setting down motions in the foreground. |
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| "Cedar" 12x24" For this painting I laid on and scraped the paint with palette knives. I love how this action blends the colours. |
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